tussock bellflower
- noun
- Specialized
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campanilla de matorral
- The tussock bellflower brightens gardens with its clusters of blue blossoms every summer.
Examples
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She planted tussock bellflowers along the border to add a splash of color.
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In the wild, tussock bellflowers often grow together in dense clumps.
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The tussock bellflower blooms beautifully in spring.
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I saw a tussock bellflower in the garden yesterday.
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In the wild, tussock bellflowers often grow together in dense clumps.
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The tussock bellflower brightens gardens with its clusters of blue blossoms every summer.
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She planted tussock bellflowers along the border to add a splash of color.
Synonyms
Plant that lives many years, grows in clumps and sends out stems with blue or white bell-shaped flowers
A low plant that grows in small clumps with blue or white bell-shaped flowers that comes back every year
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'tussock bellflower' is a straightforward descriptive combination: a bellflower (bell-shaped bloom) that grows in tussocks (tufted clumps). There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent nouns can reliably infer the plant meaning.
Etymology
Tussock bellflower comes from a simple picture: a tussock is a small 'clump' or 'tuft' of plants and a bellflower has 'bell-shaped' flowers. So the name reminds you of a plant that grows in little clumps and makes many small bell-like blooms.
